HC rejects bail petition of MLA Seetha Dayakar Reddy

Hyderabad,Nov 6: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday rejected the bail petition of Devarakadra legislator and senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader in Mahbubnagar district, Mrs  Seetha Dayakar Reddy, who was allegedly involved in a case on the suicide of a local mandal agriculture officer, Ms Rajeswari.The agriculture officer committed suicide on October 14.Rejecting the bail petition of Mrs Seetha Dayakar Reddy,the High Court  ordered for further investigation into the case pending against her.Earlier,the court stayed the arrest warrant against the MLA issued in connection with the suicide of a local mandal agriculture officer Ms Rajeswari.

The court also turned down her appeal to stop the trial against her.Ms Rajeswari, in her dying declaration recorded by the magistrate, has mentioned the names of the MLA, MPP member Ms Bharati Reddy and ZPTC member Mr Pradeep Goud.According to police sources, Ms Rajeswari stated that all three people’s representatives were intimidating her to include the names of their followers for sanction of sprinkler systems and allegedly threatened her if she failed to do so.However, the court granted bail to Ms Bharati Reddy, who was surrendered before the Mahabubnagar districtSuperintendent of Police G Sudheer Babu and she was formally arrested.